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Security Clearance Space Jobs in the Philadelphia Area

200 open cleared roles at 4 space companies name a site in the Philadelphia area, most of them in King of Prussia, PA and Elkton, MD; typical pay runs $116k–$270k/yr. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.

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Space companies hiring cleared people in the Philadelphia area

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
Lockheed Martin196$143k/yr
Northrop Grumman2too few figures
AeroVironment (AV)1too few figures
L3Harris1not stated

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Open cleared space jobs in the Philadelphia area, newest first

Updated 31 Oct 2026, 16:02 UTC

The 100 newest of 200; each employer's page above lists all of its roles.

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What people ask about cleared space jobs in the Philadelphia area

Which space companies are hiring cleared people in the Philadelphia area?

Today, Lockheed Martin (196 roles), Northrop Grumman (2 roles), AeroVironment (AV) (1 role), L3Harris (1 role). The table above lists every employer with a role open in the Philadelphia area.

Where in the Philadelphia area are the cleared space jobs?

Most are in King of Prussia, PA (196), Elkton, MD (2), Camden, NJ (1), Pottstown, PA (1), as the postings name their sites. A role that names several sites counts at each.

How much do cleared space jobs in the Philadelphia area pay?

The roles here that state pay post a median $143k/yr, with typical pay from $116k–$270k/yr.

Do cleared space jobs in the Philadelphia area require US citizenship?

Many do: rocket, spacecraft and satellite work is often export-controlled under ITAR or the EAR, so most roles at US space employers are open only to US citizens or US persons, as each posting states. Our research on who can apply measures it employer by employer.

How is this list made?

We read each employer's own job board every hour. A role is listed here when it is a US role and its own location line names a place in the Philadelphia area (the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metropolitan statistical area as the Census Bureau draws it: Bucks, Burlington, Camden, Cecil, Chester, Delaware, Gloucester, Montgomery, New Castle, Philadelphia and Salem counties), by the same reading as our research on where space jobs are, and its posting names a security clearance level (Secret, Top Secret or TS/SCI) by the same reading as every cleared space job; remote roles that name no state are on the remote jobs page.